A second suspect has been arrested in the wake of a viral video showing a suburban Chicago couple in front of their home obediently handing over valuables to three armed males back in April.
Police in Glenview, Illinois, said Chicago police on Monday arrested 21-year-old Amarion Ray-Williams and took him to the Glenview Police Department, WFLD-TV reported, adding that he was charged with armed robbery with a firearm.
‘It’s just the way of the world.’
Ray-Williams was then placed in the custody of the Cook County Sheriff’s Department for a conditions hearing Tuesday, WFLD said, adding that police have not identified the last individual involved in the headline-grabbing heist.
The sheriff’s department on Thursday told Blaze News that Ray-Williams remained in custody “with no bail/bond amount currently listed.”
Earlier this month, Blaze News reported that the first suspect connected to the case was arrested and charged with armed robbery with a firearm.
Angelo Hatter — a 26-year-old from Chicago — was being held in custody by the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, WFLD reported in a separate story. Jail records showed no bail for Hatter; his next court date is July 2.
Angelo Hatter. Image source: Cook County (Ill.) Sheriff’s Office
Authorities shared no details about how they linked Hatter and Ray-Williams to the case, the station said.
In April, Blaze News reported about a helpless suburban Chicago couple recorded by Ring camera in front of their own home obediently handing over their valuables — and even their clothing — to three armed robbers who rushed them.
Greg Poulos and Angie Beltsos were walking to their front porch in Glenview around 10 p.m. April 21 after dinner in Chicago when a car pulled up, WBBM-TV reported.
Police said three males approached them, pulled out guns, and demanded their belongings, WBBM said, adding that Beltsos said she saw one male “running at us pointing a gun, screaming at us to give him everything.”
The couple did just that.
Video shows one of the robbers telling them to “give me all that s**t,” and Poulos and Beltsos immediately tossed their cell phones and keys to the ground; Beltsos also gave up her purse, the station said.
“You got it. You got it. Here, take it. Take it. Take everything. Take everything. Take everything. Take everything. Take everything. Here, you can have it. Honest to God, guys,” Poulos was heard on the clip telling the robbers, WBBM reported.
“I started throwing shoes and coats,” Beltsos noted to the station in the aftermath. Video shows them both removing their jackets for the crooks.
Poulos told WBBM, “I was always taught by my father just give whatever they want, give what they want, and your life is far more valuable.”
The nightmare didn’t end there, however.
Video doesn’t show that the crooks soon “had us lie down on our stomachs, and pointing guns at us, and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, is this how it’s going to end today?'” Beltsos recounted to WBBM, adding that “for a moment, they were standing there, and they ran off.”
Police told WBBM the robbers sped out of the neighborhood in a Jaguar SUV, which was later found abandoned and empty in Chicago.
The village of Glenview is about 40 minutes northwest of Chicago and is “one of the best places to live in Illinois,” according to Niche. It’s also a haven for retirees and boasts “a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks” as well as “highly rated” public schools, Niche adds.
Poulos added to WBBM that people nowadays have “to be vigilant and keep their head on a swivel.”
Blaze News spoke to employees of two businesses located less than a mile from where the robbery took place, and both workers strangely used the same word in the aftermath of the harrowing encounter: “numb.”
One employee confessed to Blaze News, “I’m numb to it.”
The worker from the second business — even upon hearing that a suspect had been arrested — told Blaze News that “you just kind of become numb to the situation.”
“It’s unfortunate,” she added to Blaze News about the robbery itself. “It’s just the way of the world.”
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